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Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.
Jessica Savitch
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Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
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My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.
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The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
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A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
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The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat if there is a place to sit, sit if there is a restroom, go.
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The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
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